View Menu

This top-level menu contains options to adjust the layout of Amarok, and a checkbox to lock the configuration; use this to prevent any accidental changes to the Amarok window layout.

View Menu

Changing the Amarok Toolbar

There are also two radio buttons in this menu, which are used to choose which ToolbarAmarok will use. The Main Toolbar has a larger height and slightly different controls than the Slim Toolbar. The Main Toolbar contains two main control buttons: a Play / Pause button and a button for controlling the volume. It also displays the name of the current media file and a slider for showing, as well as changing, the position of playback. More about the Toolbar.

The Main Toolbar

The Slim Toolbar

Amarok Window Layouts

If the Lock Layout button is unchecked, the Media Sources, Context and Playlist tabs can be toggled and many layouts can be created as shown below:

Playlist Menu

This is a top-level drop down menu where can configure your Playlist. From here you can add more tracks, streaming radio channels, and clean your playlist.

Menu Items

The Amarok Playlist Menu

Menu Item

Description

Shortcut

Add Media...

Opens a media file to be played in Amarok

Add Stream...

Choose different streaming radio channels using the URL bar, by pasting or typing the link

Playlist Layouts

From Playlist → Playlist Layouts switch between different layouts with radio buttons, and configure your personal Playlist layout.

Default

Playlist → Playlist Layouts → Default

No Grouping

Playlist → Playlist Layouts → No Grouping

No Grouping (Single line)

Playlist → Playlist Layouts → No Grouping(Single line)

Verbose

Playlist → Playlist Layouts → Verbose

Configure playlist layout...

Playlist → Playlist Layouts → Configure playlist layout...

This option allows you to make your own Playlist layout; display Artist, Genre, Year, BPM and so forth.

Make your own layout

Tools Menu

From this menu you can use additional tools and scripts.

The Tools Menu

Menu Item

Description

Bookmark Manager

Allows you to save bookmarks of various types.

Cover Manager

Allows you to view album covers and fetch missing ones.

Equalizer

Shows the equalizer.

Network Request Viewer

Shows the Network Requests Viewer.

Update Collection

Checks the tracks in your collection and updates the database.

Synchronize Statistics..

Opens the Statistics Synchronization dialog.

Bookmark Manager

The bookmark manager allows you to bookmark different kinds of things to recall them later. You can also create folders to organize your collection of bookmarks. The search box provides a convenient way to find bookmarks. The context menu offers the possibility to Load and Delete the bookmark.

Menu Item

Description

Bookmark Context View Applets

Saves the currently used view applets.

Bookmark Media Source View

Saves the current view of the media source tree.

Bookmark Playlist Setup

Saves the current playlist setup.

Bookmark Track Position

Saves the position in the current track.

Cover Manager

Shows all albums in your collection. Here you can set custom album covers and fetch missing ones. More about the Cover Manager, shown below.

Equalizer

Provides the possibility to configure sound settings. You can choose between manually adjusting the settings and using templates. Right now, the PhononGStreamer is required for a functional equalizer.

Network Requests Viewer

The Network Requests Viewer allows you to monitor the network requests made by Amarok. Selecting this option will open this window:

Update Collection

Checks the files in the folders you defined as your collection. New files will be added and missing ones removed from the left pane.

Configure Amarok...

Help Menu

Report bugs to the bug tracker directly, with much of your information automatically supplied to the database form.

Amarok Handbook

This Handbook in Docbook format.

Send a Comment to the Developers

Send a brief comment to Amarok developers. Do NOT use to send bug reports.

Show Feedback Icons

Check to show feedback icons on every Amarok screen and sub-menu.

Switch Application Language...

Change Amarok menus and label language or back-up language.

About Amarok

Amarok version, web site, contributors and donors.

Diagnostics

Displays complete information necessary for filing good bug reports, such as Amarok Version, KDE, Qt, Phonon, and Phonon Backend versions, and whether or not PulseAudio is installed, as well as what Amarok Scripts are installed, and whether or not they are running. There is a button on the bottom to copy the information to the clipboard.